Multiple choice technology embedded technologies

Which of the following browsers supports the function to ‘identify the device location’?

  1. Safari

  2. Opera Mini

  3. BlackBerry Browser

  4. a and b

  5. b and c

  6. a and c
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F Correct answer
Explanation

Both Safari (iPhone) and BlackBerry Browser support location identification via GPS. Opera Mini traditionally did not support full geolocation APIs due to its server-side rendering architecture. The correct answer is F (a and c).

AI explanation

This references early HTML5 Geolocation API support in mobile browsers circa 2010-2011. Safari (iOS) and BlackBerry Browser (6.0+) both implemented native Geolocation API support, allowing web pages to request the device's location. Opera Mini, by contrast, famously did not support Geolocation at that time because it renders pages via Opera's remote proxy servers rather than natively on the device, breaking direct access to device hardware APIs. So the correct pairing is Safari + BlackBerry Browser ("a and c"), while any option including Opera Mini (b) is wrong.

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